拮 — 9 strokes ／ Radical「扌」
道1University / general (hardest) ／ 9 strokes ／ Radical「扌」
- On
- カツ・ケツ・キツ
- Kun
- はたら.く
- Meaning
- to be strained
Origin
Hand 扌 with 吉 as phonetic: to pull against each other.
Stroke order
Compounds
- 拮抗きっこう
rivalry; being evenly matched
- 均衡きんこう
balance
Example
両者の勢力が拮抗している。
The two sides are evenly matched.
Stroke data from: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0)